What's with gas prices going up again?

[raccoon]

Last week, they seemed to have dropped about 5-10 cents.

Now they're back up again. What gives?

[Nickster]

1. Oil prices jumped right back up, just starting to slide down to about

70 bucks a barrel.

[Virginia Dare]

2. They're toying with us...

kind of like a kitty-cat with a mouse on a string?

:shrug:

[LostinVA]

3. Ours never dropped -- they went up three cents instead

[nickinSTL]

4. ours went up 15 cents last week

then down another 3 a few days ago

[movie_girl99]

5. it's crazy. the Costco near me had'nt gone up on gas in almost

three weeks. I got it three weeks running for 2.78. I went on Friday and got it for 2.80 then on Saturday it was 2.81. By Sunday it was up to 2.84.

[kestrel91316]

13. Our gas hit $3.35 a few weeks ago and hasn't dropped a single cent

since then. This is the cheapest in my area, except for Costco. Don't know what they pay there, probably $3.25-3.30.

If you're still paying under $3.00, quit complaining,lol.

[SpiralHawk]

6. republicon oil cronies seek to maximize profits

"All your gas money are belong to us." - George AWOL Bush and republicon oil cronies

[Gregorian]

7. It's the other "New Pearl Harbor".

It'll get Congress to drill for oil in their own backyards. It'll whip Americans into starting yet another war. It'll create a scene where methanol is readily accepted as an alternative fuel rather than spending the resources to actually become independent of combustive energy conversion.

[demosincebirth]

8. Why? There was a gas spill at one of our local gas stations

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. Ours was up to 2.799, I think. Then dropped back to 2.599

then went back up to 2.659 and now back to 2.619. All within really a few days.
I'm fortunate in that I have a station near me that is always the las to go up. So if the other stations are higher than that one it means prices are about to jump. So I stop and get gas right then.

[lonestarnot]

10. Get used to it. $100+ per barrel if Iran attacked.

[kestrel91316]

14. The sky's the limit if we attack Iran.

[rman]

11. You expected it to continue to go down?

As with the price of oil, it goes up and down like a yo-yo.
The long term trend seems to be more up then down though.

[Warpy]

12. Two steps forward, one step back

They are NOT going to get much lower through the summer. The reason behind it is not only the spot futures but the continued slide of the dollar in world currency markets, a slide that is expected to continue today.

The only relief will be just before midterms, if then.

[corporate_mike]

15. Chavez makes stmts - attempt to drive up oil prices so he can profit more

Chavez made another crazy statement about prices going to $100.

[raccoon]

16. If that happens...Alas, Babylon. nt